GW9: The FPL Q&A with Sam & Tom | Best João Pedro replacements

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Tom (1:36)

Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to your FPL Gameweek 9 Q&A, as is doing real world work at the moment. And Sam has taken time out of a holiday to be with us, so we couldn't change the time. So I'm stepping in off the bench this week, unlike Van Heck in my own team, who was blocked by Malik Chow, coming on in the 95th minute of 6 added on.

There's plenty of stuff to get into. I'm sure we'll talk about Spurs briefly.

Sam (2:06)

A lot. How are Chelsea, Tom?

Tom (2:08)

It's definitely a good week for me. We have got the same number of points in FPL as well.

Sam (2:15)

Exactly the same.

Tom (2:16)

And we have very different teams, and we disagree quite regularly, so that's quite interesting.

Sam (2:21)

So how was Game Week 8 for you?

Tom (2:24)

Apart from the off the bench issue. Well, I should say, Sam, how are you and all the small talk?

Sam (2:28)

I'm all good, yeah. I'm all good. Spurs had a good week, two wins, tick, tick. I had a really good FPL week.

Half my rank this week, 60 points in Game Week 8 I felt like a bit of a win, to be honest. And unlike you, I did get Van Hecke off my bench.

Tom (2:45)

He didn't have the confidence to start him over anyway.

SPEAKER_3 (2:48)

I know, but really?

Sam (2:52)

I should have done.

Tom (2:53)

I should have had Bench Kinski as well. So that was rubbish.

Sam (2:55)

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Tom (2:57)

Oh, Tom. What happened?

Sam (2:59)

Too much trust in Chelsea?

Tom (3:01)

Well, I had the triple, but so did lots of people. I bought Palmer for SACA basically.

Sam (3:05)

Ouch.

Tom (3:06)

So that cost me 11 not going Tavonir, although it would help if Euro didn't just fall over and give Bournemouth a goal for the most transparent player. That's why you bought Tavonir though. For Euro to sleep.

Sam (3:21)

That's why I bought Tavonir. Well, no, I bought Tavonir because Manchester United.

Tom (3:24)

That's why you can buy Palmer this week then.

Sam (3:26)

I'm not buying Palmer this week. Absolutely no chance. Not without João Pedro. Don't trust you lot without João Pedro. It's like awful. It's like no goals, isn't it, in the two games that he's not played for you this season. 17 in the others.

I think you really miss him. And yeah, this week I did the sack at a Tavonir move and then held. Didn't do anything else.

And actually on reflection, I'm quite glad because my original plan was to do Subozitum and Zambi as well. And I think that would have thrown some chaos into my decision making for this week had I done that because obviously with João Pedro now out, I don't think I would have wanted the Aston Villa double up. So I'm quite glad in the end that I haven't got Manzambi because it made that easy at least.

Tom (4:14)

Yeah. Chris in the chat saying Tom, with the early mic drop, yeah, my mic just tipped over. You did very well not to react at all to that, but.

SPEAKER_1 (4:21)

I just carry on Tom, very professional like that.

Tom (4:24)

Any more things to get out of the system? I can go on Bobby Thomas as Chris says in the chat, subbed off in the 59th minute and now injured. Did you have him? No, I didn't have him.